So, all my grand plans of a big wander round Bandra didn’t materialise. We arrived in Mumbai just after 2am, dropped our luggage at the airport Holiday Inn (which was quite grand, not at all what I was expecting) and managed to negotiate an earlier check in, but it meant we had 4 hours to kill before check in and I was feeling pretty rough after the long haul journey. There was absolutely nothing open at 4am apart from some men with canisters on bikes selling chai on the Bandra seafront.
This sign summed up our plight.
There were quite a few folks on the seafront, some engaged in fitness related activities, some chatting and some canoodling. We walked up and down, took a few photos and realised it was only 5am.
So we asked the driver to just drive us around the city and show us anything he felt was interesting. He did a pretty good job, but by 7am I was fading and we went back to the hotel to wait for check in. Big failure to check out eating opportunities in the northern part of the city.
